Grain Pole Hill
Grain Pole Hill is a location on Anglezarke Moor, near Chorley, within the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire, England. With a height of 285 metres, the summit provides views towards the Irish Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anglezarke Reservoir and High Bullough Reservoir.
Anglezarke Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anglezarke Reservoir is the largest reservoir in the Rivington chain to the west of Anglezarke in Lancashire, England. Anglezarke Reservoir has three embankments: the Charnock Embankment, the longest, is 850 yards long and 31 feet high, the Knowsley Embankment is 240 yards long and 45 feet high and the Heapey Embankment is 280 feet long and 32 feet high.
High Bullough Reservoir
Reservoir
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High Bullough Reservoir is the oldest of all the reservoirs in the Rivington chain, having been authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1846 and completed in 1850.
Yarrow Reservoir
Reservoir
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Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chorley and Astley Village.
Chorley
Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.
Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.
Astley Village
Hamlet
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,005.
Whittle-le-Woods
Village
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Whittle-le-Woods is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,434.
Grain Pole Hill
- Type: Peak
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Anglezarke, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6574° or 53° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.5666° or 2° 33′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C5VMC4M+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6196327495OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q5593499
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Grain Pole Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grain Pole Hill”
- Ladin: “Grain Pole Hill”
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